U-17 Women's Africa Cup
| U-17 Women's Africa Cup | |
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| Full name | Africa U17 Women's Cup of Nations |
| Association | CAF |
| First edition | 2008 |
| Game mode | 2012 in the knockout system |
| Website | www.cafonline.com |
| Qualification for | U-17 Women's World Cup |
The U-17 Women's Africa Cup (until 2015 U-17 Women's Africa Championship ), officially Africa U17 Women's Cup of Nations (until 2015 African U17 Women's Championship ), is a soccer tournament between the best teams in Africa for female soccer players 17 years, which serves exclusively to qualify for the U-17 World Cup for women and has so far been played according to different modes.
In 2008, the tournament was played in two knockout rounds and a final league round with six teams in the two legs to determine the two starters for the U-17 World Cup. Since then, it has taken place every two years. The 2010 competition was played in the knockout system with first and second legs up to the semi-finals, with no finals being held. A play-off of the semi-final losers took place for the third World Cup starting place, which Africa is entitled to from the 2010 World Cup. In 2012, three rounds were played in a pure knockout system, with the three winners of the last round qualifying for the U-17 Women's World Cup.
The competition has been officially called the Africa U17 Women's Cup of Nations since 2015 .
The tournaments at a glance
| year | host | Final league round with two legs | |||||
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| winner | 2nd place | 3rd place | |||||
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2008 details |
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 Nigeria |
 Ghana |
 Cameroon |
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| 1st semifinals | 2nd semifinals | ||||||
| winner | Result | loser | winner | Result | loser | ||
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2010 details |
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Ghana |
4-0 / 7-0 |
 Tunisia |
Nigeria |
2: 1/5: 0 |
 South Africa |
| Third round in the knockout system | |||||||
| Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | |||||
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2012 details |
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Ghana 5-1 / 0-0 against South Africa |
Nigeria 5-0 / 2-1 against Zambia |
 Gambia 2-1 / 1-0 against Tunisia |
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2013 details |
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Ghana 2-0 / 3-2 against Equatorial Guinea |
 Zambia 3: 3/3: 1 against South Africa |
Nigeria South Sudan withdrawn |
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2016 details |
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Cameroon 2: 1/4: 0 against Egypt |
Ghana 4-0 / 6-0 against Morocco |
Nigeria 6-0 / 1-0 against South Africa |
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2018 details |
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Ghana 9-0 / 10-0 against Djibouti |
South Africa 5-1 / 1-0 against Morocco |
Cameroon 2-2 / 1-1 against Nigeria |
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Individual references / comments
- ↑ Decisions of CAF Executive Committee on August 6, 2015 , cafonline.com, August 9, 2015, accessed on May 19, 2018.
- ↑ South Africa 1: 0/1: 1 play-off winner against Tunisia